Nancy Lord
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Nancy Theresa Lord (February 8, 1952 – February 14, 2022) was an American attorney and medical researcher who was the vice-presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party in the 1992 presidential election, as the running-mate of Andre Marrou. Marrou and Lord placed fourth in the popular vote with 290,087 votes (0.3%).<ref name="DA">Waite, Mark (March 17, 2010) "Local activist, Vegas attorney seek Nye County DA's chair", NewsBank.com. Originally published in Pahrump Valley Times. Retrieved May 25, 2022.</ref><ref name=LP-History>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=campaigns>Template:Cite web</ref> Lord was the Libertarian candidate for Mayor of the District of Columbia in 1990.<ref name="obit"/> She also unsuccessfully ran for Nye County, Nevada District Attorney as a Republican in 2010.<ref name="DA"/><ref>"Nancy Lord Loses Republican Nomination for Nye County, Nevada, District Attorney, by 86 Votes", Ballot Access News. June 15, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2022.</ref>
Lord completed undergraduate and M.D. degrees at the University of Maryland. She earned her J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center. Until 1983, Lord was employed by Abbott Laboratories, where she authored the successful new drug application for benzodiazepine hypnotic ("ProSom").<ref name="DA"/> After leaving Abbott, Lord worked as an independent consultant in the areas of pharmaceutical development, medical malpractice, and toxicology.<ref name=ProGenaCell>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=justia>Template:Cite web</ref>
She served on the boards of directors for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and for the Fully Informed Jury Association<ref name="DA"/> and wrote the introduction to the original edition of You and the Police by Boston T. Party.<ref name=NORML>Editorial staff Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=fija>Template:Cite web</ref> She was married to J.J. Johnson, an African-American organizer of the American militia movement.
Lord died on February 14, 2022, in Show Low, Arizona, following a bout with COVID-19.<ref name="obit"/>
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